tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10098115.post111902965757742454..comments2023-10-03T19:47:34.084+11:00Comments on Dialectic: Am I a Master?Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13986439579966977930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10098115.post-1120044389011762222005-06-29T21:26:00.000+10:002005-06-29T21:26:00.000+10:00Firstly I have to say I was drunk and couldn't sle...Firstly I have to say I was drunk and couldn't sleep when I wrote that.<BR/>Secondly, it has been a long time since I read Neitzsche too.<BR/>You are probably right that I should have made a distinction between masters and Ubermensch. But I did tend to think that the two were fairly analogous anyway.<BR/>I agree that 'natural masters' would be anachronistic and wind up in jail. In fact I once Bill Pascoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04516651822009868115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10098115.post-1119332687114661182005-06-21T15:44:00.000+10:002005-06-21T15:44:00.000+10:00On some counts I am inclined to agree that we shou...On some counts I am inclined to agree that we should aspire to be more than human, rather than simply 'Masters'. I also agree that it does not follow that a master would be ruling if they were to exist. Sadly, and this depends on your interpretation of Nietzsche on this score, it seems likely that a master would be a dangerous anachronism, and more likely to be found in jail than a boardroom or Samuel Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12348284792143801649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10098115.post-1119148579024690622005-06-19T12:36:00.000+10:002005-06-19T12:36:00.000+10:00There are two points, Mr Pascoe, I would like to s...There are two points, Mr Pascoe, I would like to see clarified. The first is whether you are referring to Nietzsche’s ‘Masters’ or the ‘Ubermensch’? It has been a while since I read Nietzsche, but, if I am correct in my recollection of ‘The Genealogy’, the Masters have actually been displaced by the ‘Slaves’ never to return. As such, it should be the status of Ubermensche to which we aspire, and MHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09068975650320612418noreply@blogger.com